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diff --git a/docs/xml/administration.xml b/docs/xml/administration.xml
index 5ece531a5..f2a85e0dc 100644
--- a/docs/xml/administration.xml
+++ b/docs/xml/administration.xml
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@
</section>
</section>
- <section id="classifications">
+ <section id="classifications" xreflabel="Classifications">
<title>Classifications</title>
<para>Classifications tend to be used in order to group several related
@@ -667,18 +667,21 @@
will also appear in the advanced search form.</para>
</section>
- <section id="products">
+ <section id="products" xreflabel="Products">
<title>Products</title>
<para>
<glossterm linkend="gloss-product" baseform="product">
- Products</glossterm>
- tend to represent real-world
- shipping products. E.g. if your company makes computer games,
- you should have one product per game, perhaps a
+ Products</glossterm> typically represent real-world
+ shipping products. Products can be given
+ <xref linkend="classifications"/>.
+ For example, if a company makes computer games,
+ they could have a classification of "Games", and a separate
+ product for each game. This company might also have a
<quote>Common</quote> product for units of technology used
- in multiple games, and maybe a few special products
- (Website, Administration...)
+ in multiple games, and perhaps a few special products that
+ represent items that are not actually shipping products
+ (for example, "Website", or "Administration").
</para>
<para>
@@ -690,16 +693,143 @@
</para>
<para>
+ When creating or editing products the following options are
+ available:
+ </para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ Product
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ The name of the product
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ Description
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ A brief description of the product
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ URL describing milestones for this product
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ If there is reference URL, provide it here
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ Default milestone
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select the default milestone for this product.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ Closed for bug entry
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select this box to prevent new bugs from being
+ entered against this product.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ Maximum votes per person
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Maximum votes a user is allowed to give for this
+ product
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ Maximum votes a person can put on a single bug
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Maximum votes a user is allowed to give for this
+ product in a single bug
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ Confirmation threshold
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Number of votes needed to automatically remove any
+ bug against this product from the UNCONFIRMED state
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ Version
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Specify which version of the product bugs will be
+ entered against.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>
+ Create chart datasets for this product
+ </term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Select to make chart datasets available for this product.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ When editing a product there is also a link to edit
+ <xref linkend="product-group-controls"/>.
+ </para>
+ <para>
To create a new product:
</para>
<orderedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- Select <quote>Adminstration</quote> from the footer and then
+ Select <quote>Administration</quote> from the footer and then
choose <quote>Products</quote> from the main administration page.
</para>
-
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -714,10 +844,20 @@
Description field may contain HTML.
</para>
</listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ When the product is created, Bugzilla will give a message
+ stating that a component must be created before any bugs can
+ be entered against the new product. Follow the link to create
+ a new component. See <xref linkend="components"/> for more
+ information.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</orderedlist>
-<section>
+ <section id="product-group-controls" xreflabel="Group Access Controls">
<title>Assigning Group Controls to Products</title>
<para>
On the <quote>Product Edit</quote> page,
@@ -834,7 +974,7 @@ foo: ENTRY, MANDATORY/MANDATORY, CANEDIT
</section>
- <section id="components">
+ <section id="components" xreflabel="Components">
<title>Components</title>
<para>Components are subsections of a Product. E.g. the computer game